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Since the new German federal government has imposed tight fiscal policy restrictions on itself, a pragmatic approach is needed to finance the spending requirements of the transformation. The financing instruments mentioned in the coalition agreement appears to be suitable in principle for...
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consequence, increases in public investment are particularly necessary. Against this background this contribution discusses and … growth pact (SGP), Fiscal Compact (FC)). Such a rule would exempt public (net) investment suitably defined from the relevant … upgraded and receive larger room for manoeuvre and public investment as a particularly growth enhancing public expenditure …
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constraints of the SGP has driven many member states into austerity. In contrast, the golden rule of public investment proposed in … public finance and would allow financing net public investment by government deficits thus promoting intergenerational … fairness as well as economic growth. A pragmatic version focusing on net public investment as defined in the national accounts …
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This paper employs an endogenous growth model to study the growth and welfare effects of the golden rule of public finance. Two versions are compared, whereby government deficits are restricted for the use of public investments. It is shown that the growth effect of the golden rule depends on...
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-creating nature and the intertemporal trade-offs involved in public investment decisions. This paper develops a perfect foresight … balance rule to shield public investment from undue budgetary pressures makes little sense in the presence of sustainability …
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Over 2010-2016, municipal debt in Germany crowded out private investment worth 1 percent of GDP. Forced to lend to … firms in Germany's locally segmented credit markets. The ensuing crowding out was made worse by increased municipal …
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The implementation of a golden rule of public investment as a necessary institutional reform and an important step …. The golden rule would exempt public (net) investment suitably defined from the relevant deficit targets of both the … be upgraded and would receive more room for manoeuvre and public investment as a particularly growth-enhancing public …
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consequence, increases in public investment are particularly necessary. Against this background this contribution discusses and … growth pact (SGP), Fiscal Compact (FC)). Such a rule would exempt public (net) investment suitably defined from the relevant … upgraded and receive larger room for manoeuvre and public investment as a particularly growth enhancing public expenditure …
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We empirically assess whether a usually expected negative response of private consumption and private investment to a … there is a fiscal consolidation; iii) there is a crowding-in effect for private investment, from fiscal contractions …
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remain low and investment activity is weak. This questions current economic policies of the Economic and Monetary Union … investment volume of 315 billion Euro should be made available, enabled by 21 billion Euro of public money. The budget … expansive public investment conducted through these Synergetic Financial Instruments and thus gathers information to undertake …
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